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execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion

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injury; wound

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cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible

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therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence

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to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove

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to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)

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distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry

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farfetched (argument, opinion); forced (sense, view); strained (interpretation); distorted

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origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning

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last year

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to rush out from one's mouth (words, phrases, etc.)

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logic; logical

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leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress

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equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent

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the Lord's Prayer

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directly opposite; right in front

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to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was

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to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues

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location

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trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected

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call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

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to call out; to ask someone to come

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evening; night; nighttime

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to lay bare; to expose; to reveal

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long ago; already; a long time ago

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to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

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to keep a promise; to keep one's word

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altar

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to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate

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commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental

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ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious

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recollection; reminiscence

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intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy

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to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink

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like; as if; the same as

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planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)

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tomfoolery; monkey business

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suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption

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the preceding visitor

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each time

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gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance

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loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling

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groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find

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invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass

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retreat; withdrawal; retirement

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luckily

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beyond one's control; nothing one can do

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trial and error

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ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.

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(electric) torch; flashlight

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